Bed-rail fastener.



No. 696,374. Patented Mar. 25, I902.

A. E. 'JAGDBSUN. BED BAIL FASTENER.

(Applicafiion filed Mar. 11. 1901.)

(No Model.)

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AXEL E. JACOBSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BED RAlL FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 69 6,37 4, dated March25, 1902. Application filed March 11, 1901. $eria1 No. 50,566. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AXEL E. JAooBsoN, of Minneapolis, county ofHennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bed-Rail Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to means for securing bed-rails to the posts.

The object of the invention is to provide a fastener that can bemanufactured at a cost considerably less than the fasteners usuallyemployed and at the same time will be very strong and durable inconstruction.

A further object is to provide a reversible fastener-one that can beeasily and quickly manipulated and relied upon to hold the bed rigidlyand securely against racking and twisting when in use.

The invention consists generally in a bedpost casting or collar having alip or web provided with a shoulder and a pin and a plate adapted toengage said shoulder and having a curved slot to receive said pin.

Further, the invention consists in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a plan view of my improved bed-rail fastener. Fig. 2 is a side viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the fastener in a reversedposition. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the fastener as shown in Fig. 3.Figs. 5 and 6 are details showing the parts of the fastener detached.

In the drawings, 2 represents a post of an iron or brass bed providedwith the usual chilled casting or collar 3, to which the rails (notshown) at the head and foot of the bed are secured in the usual manner.

I is a lip or wing formed integrally with the casting, having on oneside a flat face 5 and a shoulder 6. In the face 5, at a suitabledistance from the edge thereof, I provide a pin or stud 7, having a head8. This pin is preferably placed in a mold and rigidly secured or fixedin the face of the wing when it is cast.

9 is a fiat plate, preferably of steel, having holes 10 to receiverivets for securing the plate to the side rail 11, and said plate has asubstantially straight outer edge 12 to bear against the shoulder 6.Near the edge 12 I between the shank and said shoulder. A bed will'thusbe rigidly held against twisting or racking when moved over the floor.

In the foregoing description of the manner of setting up the bed it ispresumed that the bed-rail will be in the position shown in Fig. 2, withthe horizontal flange at the top of the rail. In case, however, it isdesired to adjust the rail with its horizontal flange at the bottom, theplate and rail are reversed, the head of the pin inserted into the slot,as before, and the shank forced into the opposite end of the slot andthe plate locked in the same manner as above described. It will be notedthat the fastener may be manipulated to adjust the bed-rail for oneposition as readily as for the other and that in either case the partswill be as rigid and the fastener complete and stable.

I have shown the head of the pin beveled or cut away on one side topermit it to be more readily thrust into the slot in the plate. It isobvious, however, that the form of the pin may be varied to correspondto the indentations or recesses that may be provided in the edges of theslot. derstood that instead of providing a shoulder to engage the edgeor end of the plate that a rib or several stops may be formed on thewing 4, that will perform substantially the same function as theshoulder.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. A bed-rail fastener, comprising a casting orcollar having a lip or wing provided with a bearing shoulder or stop, apin provided on said Wing, and a plate having an edge adapted to engagesaid bearing-surface and a slot to receive said pin, the ends of saidslot being a greater distance than said middle portion from the bearinedge of said plate" It will also be un- 2. Abed-rail fastener,comprising a collar having a bearing surface or shoulder and alaterally-projecting pin, in combination, with a plate having an edge toengage said bearing-surface and a curved slot to receive said pin, theends of said slot being a greater distance than its middle portion fromthe bearing edge of said plate, whereby when said pin is forced intoeither end of the slot said plate and collar will be firmly lockedtogether.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a bedrail fastener, comprising acollar adapted to be secured on a bed-post, said collar having afiatface provided with a bearing surface or shoulder, a headed pin orlug secured in said face, and a plate adapted to engage saidbearing-surface and having an irregular slot wherein said pin is movabletoward either end whereby said plate is rendered reversible.

4. A bed-rail fastener, comprising a member having a bearing surface orpart and a lug or pin, in combination, with a member adapted to engagesaid bearing-surface and having a slot to receive said pin, the ends ofsaid slot being a greater distance than its middle portion from thebearing-surface of said member, for the purpose specified.

5. Abed-rail fastener, comprising a slotted plate to be secured to therail, in combination, with a post wherewith said plate engages, a pin onsaid post to enter said slot and wherein it is movable toward either endthereof, the ends of said slot diverging from the post whereby said pinwill be wedged therein when said plate is in its normal position orreversed.

6. The combination, with a bed-post provided with a bearing-surface anda headed pin, of a plate secured to the bed-rail and adapted to engagesaid bearing-surface and having a curved slot diverging-toward its endsfrom said-bearing-surface, the edge of said slot being cut away to allowthe pin to enter therein, the ends of said slot being smaller than theheaded portion of said pin and adapted to receive the shank thereof,whereby the parts will be locked together when said pin enters eitherend of said slot and said plate is in its normal position or reversed.

7. The combination, With a collar 8 provided with a wing 4: having afiat face 5 and a bearing-shoulder 6, of a headed pin provided in saidface 5, and a plate 9 having an edge 12 to engage said shoulder 6, and acurved slot diverging toward its end from said shoulders to receive saidpin and allow it to move toward either end, whereby said plate isrendered reversible, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of February,1901.

AXEL E. JACOBSON.

In presence of-- RICHARD PAUL, M. O. NOONAN.

